What teaching model do the PE faculty follow?
Physical Education teacher preparation at BHSU requires active participation rather than passive listening. You will learn the skills, then we help you actually teach or perform your creative ideas rather than just listen to a lecture. You will get the opportunity to gain experience, competence, and confidence by teaching local K-12 students at our campus. Our faculty believe in providing real-life and practical experiences that enable you to become fully proficient – and we like to make it fun.
Required Core - 39 semester hours
1 HLTH 251 First Aid & CPR
3 HLTH 422 Nutrition [Pre-Req CHEM 106/L]
1 PE 121 Intermediate Swimming (level 4)
2 PE 180 Foundations of HPER
3 PE 181 Fundamentals of Elementary PE & 181L Lab
1 PE 201 Professional Preparation: Gymnastics
1 PE 204 Professional Preparation: Rhythm & Dance
4 PE 250 Human Anatomy & Physiology & 250L Lab
3 PE 263 Physical Education Outdoors
2 PE 341 Curriculum Development & Evaluation
3 PE 352 Adapted Physical Education
3 PE 353 Kinesiology
3 PE 354 Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries
4 PE 363 Skills Concept & 363L Lab
5 PE 481 PE Methods & Evaluation
Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 21 semester hours
2 EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
1 EDFN 395 Practicum: Pre-Admission Teaching
3 EDFN 475 Human Relations
3 EPSY 302 Educational Psychology
3 EPSY 327 Child Growth & Development
3 INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies
3 PSYC 101 General Psychology (gen ed)
3 SPED 405 Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities
Professional K-12 Teaching Core - 24 semester hours
12 ED 444 K-12 Student Teaching
3 EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning
2 MLED 480 Middle Level Methods
3 SEED 408 The Professional Teacher - Secondary Only
3 SEED 450 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area
1 SEED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
Gen Ed Requirements - 36 semester hours
3 ENGL 101 Composition I
3 ENGL 201 Composition II
3 MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics
3 SPCM Speech 101, 215, or 222
2 WEL 100 Wellness for Life & 100L Lab
6 * Gen Ed - Social Science
12 * Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities
4 Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab
* Global Requirement: depending on your selection, this requirement will satisfy 3 hours of either Social Science or Arts & Humanities requirements. Take 1 course from AIS/HIST 257, ANTH 210, ARTH 211/212/251, ENGL 211/212, GEOG 210, HIST 121/122/153, HUM 100, MCOM 151, POLS 141/250
A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours. Students are encouraged to pursue a minor, but in order to teach in that subject area, a content praxis exam must be passed in both the major & minor areas of study.